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Test tube cleaning

Started By AntsCali123 , Mar 16 2022 3:27 PM

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#1 Offline AntsCali123 - Posted March 16 2022 - 3:27 PM

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Hey everyone so I just received my pogonomyrmex and there water cotton if super dirty with seeds and stuff. Should I clean off the cotton or just let them clean it off?fe911c3c9932cea011f87b366f48bbc0.jpg


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#2 Offline ANTdrew - Posted March 16 2022 - 3:29 PM

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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#3 Offline azzaaazzzz00 - Posted March 16 2022 - 4:07 PM

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I think you should just move them to a new replica of that test tube.


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Always try new things, even if its hard, hard is not impossible. We are smart and it's good to be smart but not too smart for your own good.

#4 Offline Manitobant - Posted March 16 2022 - 4:46 PM

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Yeah I’d move them to a new tube. That test tube is way too far gone to clean while the colony is still in there.
My journals:

Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
General acanthomyops journal: https://www.formicul...yops-with-eggs/

#5 Offline AntsCali123 - Posted March 16 2022 - 6:09 PM

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Ok, I don’t have a new test tube to move them into but I have this small nest. Would this work good? Or should I go buy a test tube?89097e4da7a4a3c5bcf64be63a48907c.jpg


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#6 Offline AntsCali123 - Posted March 16 2022 - 6:11 PM

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Also all the water is gone in the test tube.


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#7 Offline Manitobant - Posted March 16 2022 - 7:08 PM

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Use the nest. The fact that all the water is gone means you should move them out as soon as possible.
My journals:

Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
General acanthomyops journal: https://www.formicul...yops-with-eggs/

#8 Offline ColAnt735 - Posted March 16 2022 - 7:31 PM

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I'd move the harvester ants (I assume this is Pogonomyrmex rugosus) into the new nest.


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#9 Offline AntsCali123 - Posted March 16 2022 - 9:13 PM

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I moved them and they love it now! cc7585587d0a9505caf1ed9d7285f457.jpg


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